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Old Miner

Megson
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/  202033
who'll  replace this old  miner
who  will take my place  below?
who  will follow the trepanner,
Oh  dear God,  when I go?
Who  will wield my heavy  pick
That  I did wield for forty years
And  who will hew the black,  black coal,
Dear  God, when I go?
who  will ride the miners'  train
That  takes him to the dark  coal  face
Who'll  take my place upon  that train,
Oh  dear God,  when I go?
And  who will load this iron  top
And  who will strain his bending back
And  who will work and ache  like hell,
Oh  dear God, when I go?
who  will cry when the roof  caves in
When  friends are dying  all around?
And  who will sing the miner's  hymn,
Oh  dear God,  when I go?
For  forty years I've loved  the mine
For  forty years I've worked  down there
Now  who'll replace this old  miner
Oh  dear God,  when I  go?
and  who will wield my heavy  pick
That  I did wield for forty  years
And  who will hew the black,  black  coal,
 dear God,  when I go?

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Readable chord sheet for Old Miner by Megson

[Asus4]/[F#]  202033

[G]   [Cadd9]   [Em7]   [Cadd9]
[G]   [Cadd9]   [Em7]   [C] [Dadd9]

[G]who'll replace this [Cadd9]old miner
[Em7]who will take my p[Asus4]lace b[F#]elow?
[G]who will follow the [Cadd9]trepanner,
[Em7]Oh dear G[C]od, when I g[Dadd9]o?

[Cadd9]Who will wield my he[Dadd9]avy pi[A7Sus4]ck
[Cadd9]That I did wield for [Dadd9]forty [A7Sus4]years
[Em7]And who will hew the b[Dadd9]lack, black [A7Sus4]coal,
[Cadd9]Dear God, when I [G]go? [Cadd9]        [Em7]             [Cadd9]

[G]who will ride the [Cadd9]miners' train
[Em7]That takes him to the d[Asus4]ark co[F#]al face
[G]Who'll take my place [Cadd]upon that train,
[Em7]Oh dear G[C]od, when I g[Dadd9]o?

[Cadd9]And who will load this [Dadd9]iron to[A7Sus4]p
[Cadd9]And who will strain his [Dadd9]bending [A7Sus4]back
[Em7]And who will work and a[Dadd9]che like [A7Sus4]hell,
[Cadd9]Oh dear God, when I [G]go?  [Cadd9]        [Em7]            [Cadd9]

[G]    [Cadd9] [Em7] [Cadd9]

[G]    [Cadd9] [Em7] [Cadd9]
[G]    [Cadd9] [Em7] [Cadd9]
[G]who will cry when the [Cadd9]roof caves in
[Em7]When friends are dying[Asus4] all a[F#]round?
[G]And who will sing the [Cadd9]miner's hymn,
[Em7]Oh dear G[C]od, when I g[D]o?

[Cadd9]For forty years I've [Dadd9]loved the [A7Sus4]mine
[Cadd9]For forty years I've [Dadd9]worked down [A7Sus4]there
[Em7]Now who'll replace this [Dadd9]old min[A7Sus4]er
[Em7]Oh dear [C]God, when [Dadd9]I go?

[Cadd9]and who will wield my he[Dadd9]avy pi[A7Sus4]ck
[Cadd9]That I did wield for [Dadd9]forty y[A7Sus4]ears
[Em7]And who will hew the [Dadd9]black, b[A7Sus4]lack coal,
dear [C]God, when I [G]go?  [Cadd9]        [Em7]            [Cadd9]

[G]    [Cadd9] [Em7] [Cadd9]
[G]    [Cadd9] [Em7] [Cadd9]
[G]    [Cadd9] [Em7] [Cadd9]
[G]    [Cadd9] [Em7] [Cadd9]